tis the season...

...for bicycle accidents???

most days humanity's ignorance angers me into wanting to scream (or actually screaming, instead of just 'wanting' to) but there are those few days when the stupidity goes so above and beyond that i'm not angered at all, just severely irrated, so much to render me speechless...

riding to the post office, most days i ride the street since i have my road bike, but yesterday i chose to ride a more leisurely pace, so i hopped on my guy's bike (which is still somewhat in the process of being built--handlebars need to be cut down and have grips put on them...) and rode the sidewalk down. this should have made all motorists happy, since normally they're screaming at me to get out of the road (assholes) but, alas, one can never win in a small town...

i get to my intersection before the post office, there is a car waiting for traffic in the crosswalk (typical) so i opt on going behind this woman in her nice suv, so that "i won't be in anyone's way" (although she's obviously in mine, and any other pedestrian's)...but i digress...

she sees she is in my way and starts to pull out into traffic, so i start to go straight across the walk...until she stops short, and my (well, technically, my guy's) handlebars are in her tail light, along with my hand...and then i see her reverse lights come on...panic...so i hit her vehicle to let her know i'm still there...HELLO! stangely, my hand that went through the light is fine, but my arm took the impact...

she doesn't get out of her car, or roll down the window, she just keeps makin an apologetic face, so i say "i thought you were going...you shouldn't have stopped" and she asked if i was okay...now i can't be angry and scream at her stupidity...just be annoyed by it...and say nothing...

so here's the lesson, if you've already raced up into the crosswalk, just stay there, we'll go around you (although i will admit, if i'm in a mood i'll walk in front of you, instead of behind! muwahahaha!) and once you start pulling out into traffic, commit to it! or else you'll end up with a broken taillight too!
and i end up with an extremely sore arm...